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Summer Dreaming

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , on March 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Spring is here and that puts me in a happy mood (well until I looked at Washington DOT’s set of photos up on Hwy 20 in the North Cascades!). My mind is drifting to where I want to hike when the snow melts (er, maybe I better plan out to August with dump-o-rama of snow [...]

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Cheapie Gear Find: New Balance Trekking Poles

Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, tagged , , , on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Looking for an affordable pair of trekking poles? We came across New Balance branded poles at Target for $19.99. Yes, under $20! The set includes the poles, rubber tips (though I have yet to meet anyone who doesn’t lose those within minutes….), small baskets and winter baskets. Are they the lightest poles? Well no but [...]

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An Afternoon Along The River

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , on March 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

What started out as an afternoon stroll with Kirk and Walker turned into a nice hike/walk for the baby and I. And I did it in cotton. And lived to come back and bore you all with my tale Gasp! The weather has finally started warming up and was actually drying out – after the [...]

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Latest Issue of Washington Trails Is Out

Posted in hiking, tagged , , , , , on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The March/April 2011 issue of Washington Trails has arrived and the news is out: it is now in full color! Glorious full color and still uses post consumer recycled paper – at no use of more membership dollars either! It is fantastic looking and this month’s issue has a great in-depth article on pioneer women [...]

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A Vintage Trip To Monte Cristo

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A hike from many years ago that held some significance, it was the last hike I took a film camera on. Not long after I received my first digital camera (a gift from Kirk) and how I took photos changed. But on that day we set out. It was a cold November day in 2002 [...]

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Wandering Through Old Photos

Posted in hiking, photos, tagged , , on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Back in those long ago days when the world was ancient…er…I mean before the advent of digital cameras, taking photos on hiking trips was different. I can remember going on backpacking trips and taking less than 24 photos in a 3 day trip. Film wasn’t cheap nor was the processing. Nowadays I might shoot 200-300 [...]

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Monday Morning Hiking – Always A Great Way To Start The Week

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »

My friend HikerMama had emailed me last night wondering if I was free today. The good weather was on the wane but the first half of the day looked to be decent enough. Three hikes in three days? Oh sure, it had been way too long since I got to pull that off (2009? Before [...]

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A Sunny Sunday Hike With The Family

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , , on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Kirk and I took the boys out for a quick family hike this afternoon. It was still blue skies aplenty but threatening to change…so not a day to waste! It got down to around 23° last night and was still definitely chilly out all day. We decided on the close in Nolte State Park which [...]

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